Taking family holiday photos can make a sane parent crazy.

Sometimes when I look at a family photo we took for a holiday card, I can’t believe how much older I look.  But it’s not the additional years that are adding those wrinkles (well, at least, not just those additional years).  It’s the family photo process itself.  It ages me.  It seems to be a rush against time to get everyone ready and posed before the freak outs begin.  And that’s just for my husband.  But you know what, I’ll take those wrinkles, and I’ll suffer their outrage.  Because it is worth it to take the extra time you need to get a good family memento.

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About the Author

Jenny Nevins co-founded Savor in 2014 after searching for a better way to hold onto her own kids' keepsakes and coming up empty. A former ACLU lawyer turned self-described organizing queen, she writes about estate planning, family preparedness, and keepsake organization.